DessertsOld Fashion Apple Recipes: California Fresh Apple Cake and Homemade Applesauce
Apples are celebrated in everything from song to the dinner table.÷ Apples have long been a staple in a well-stocked kitchen.÷ From picking apples in Grandma"s back yard to buying them at country fruit stands, we can always find a way to enjoy this delicious fruit.÷ Here are a couple of old-fashion recipes that use these wonderful fruits.÷ The California Fresh Apple Cake is simple, easy, and delicious.÷ The Homemade Applesauce is great and is especially good when you add the old-fashion cinnamon "red hot" candies while simmering the apples.
CALIFORNIA FRESH APPLE CAKE
This old recipe is from West Covina, California.
4 cups coarsely diced apples
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup cooking oil
1 cup chopped nuts
2 eggs, well beaten
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp salt
Heat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix apples and sugar thoroughly. Add the oil, nuts, eggs, and vanilla. In a small bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; add to the apple mixture. Combine mixture well. Pour mixture into a greased 9x13x2-inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until cake shrinks from the edge of the pan. Decrease heat to 250 degrees if you use a glass pan.
HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE
6 large Granny Smith and/or McIntosh apples
1/2 cup apple cider or juice
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
dash of nutmeg
Peel and core apples; cut into chunks. In a 3-quart saucepan combine the apple chunks and the cider or juice. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until the apple chunks are very tender. Stir in the sugar and the cinnamon and nutmeg. Cook 2 minutes longer. Mash while still in the pot or cool then puree in a food processor. Cool; store in clean jars. Refrigerate for up to two weeks. Add 1/4 cup old fashion red hot cinnamon candy drops, if desired when you simmer the apples.
Yield: 4 cups
Enjoy!